About the Journal

Focus and Scope

THE BALTIC JOURNAL OF ART HISTORY is an official publication of the Department of Art History of the Institute of History and Archaeology of the University of Tartu. It is published by the University of Tartu Press in cooperation with the Department of Art History.

The concept of the journal is to ask contributions from different authors whose ideas and research findings in terms of their content and high academic quality invite them to be published. We are mainly looking forward to lengthy articles of monographic character as well as shorter pieces where the issues raised or the new facts presented cover topics that have not yet been shed light on or open up new art geographies.

Peer Review Process

The journal has an international editorial board and each submitted manuscript will be reviewed by two anonymous reviewers.

Open Access Policy

This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.

The journal does not charge APCs or submission charges.

Publication Ethics and Publication Malpractice Statement

The journal adheres to the following publication ethics and malpractice statement issued by the University of Tartu Press.

1. Publication and authorship

- All submitted papers are subject to strict peer-review process by at least two international reviewers that are experts in the area of the particular paper.

- The factors that are taken into account in review are relevance, soundness, significance, originality, readability and language.

- The possible decisions include acceptance, acceptance with revisions, or rejection.

- If authors are encouraged to revise and resubmit a submission, there is no guarantee that the revised submission will be accepted.

- Rejected articles will not be re-reviewed.

- No copyright infringement, plagiarism or presentation of fraudulent data is alllowed.

- No same research can be published in more than one journal

- All papers include a list of references and, if applicable, a list of financial supporters.

2. Authors' responsibilities

- Authors must certify that their manuscripts are their original work.

- Authors must certify that the manuscript has not previously been published elsewhere.

- Authors must certify that the manuscript is not currently being considered for publication elsewhere.

- Authors are obliged to participate in the peer review process.

- Authors are obliged to provide retractions or corrections of mistakes.

- All authors mentioned in the paper must have significantly contributed to the research.

- Authors must state that all data in the paper are real and authentic.

- Authors must notify the Editors of any conflicts of interest.

- Authors must identify all sources used in the creation of their manuscript.

3. Reviewers' responsibilities

- Reviewers should keep all information regarding papers confidential and treat them as privileged information.

- Reviews should be conducted objectively, with no personal criticism of the author.

- Reviewers should express their views clearly with supporting arguments.

- Reviewers should identify relevant published work that has not been cited by the author.

- Reviewers should also call to the Editor in Chief's attention any substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript under consideration and any other published paper of which they have personal knowledge.

- Reviewers should not review manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies, or institutions connected to the papers.

4. Editors' responsibilities

- Editors have complete responsibility and authority to reject/accept an article.

- Editors should guarantee the quality of the papers and the integrity of the academic record.

- Editors should publish errata pages or make corrections when needed.

- Editors should have a clear picture of a research's funding sources.

- Editors should base their decisions solely one the papers' importance, originality, clarity and relevance to publication's scope.

- Editors should not reverse their decisions nor overturn the ones of previous editors without serious reason.

- Editors should preserve the anonymity of reviewers.

- Editors should ensure that all research material they publish conforms to internationally accepted ethical guidelines.

- Editors should only accept a paper when reasonably certain.

- Editors should act if they suspect misconduct, whether a paper is published or unpublished, and make all reasonable attempts to persist in obtaining a resolution to the problem.

- Editors should not reject papers based on suspicions, they should have proof of misconduct.

- Editors should not allow any conflicts of interest between staff, authors, reviewers and board members.